A Racist Cop Threatening Black Kids Should Get Fired

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PushBlack
April 16, 2019

"Wait until your asses turn 18. Then you're mine.”

Those were the horrifying words a Richmond police officer spewed at a group of Black middle school students he pulled up on.

A clip of the incident went viral. According to one of the children he was looking for someone who yelled: “F*** the police!” Well, his response makes it clear why someone might be yelling that in the first place.

If the cop felt so strongly about a kid simply yelling, he could have easily told a teacher inside the school. Instead, his veiled threat exposed how he really feels about Black youth.

Cops like him are just waiting to get us from childhood.

Now he’s under investigation by his own department after causing so much outrage.

According to NBC News, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney commented on the officer’s behavior, calling it “unacceptable” and saying it “will not be tolerated.”

We’ll see in time if the officer’s behavior will be tolerated or not, but for now, we certainly know that cops like this shouldn’t be around Black kids! We’re more than just targets for predatory policing.

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